Cultivator attachment.



No. 824,961. PATiiNTED JULY 3, 1906.

' W. T. TBBT'ER.

GULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT. APPZliIGATION 21mm DEC. a, 1905.

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B y W 7M QJ Specification-ofLetters Patent. i

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Application m December-,5, labs. sci-a1 n. 290,907.

To allv whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM THOMAS TEE- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Robert Lee, in thecounty of Coke and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements Cultivator Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an' attachment for cultivators for the lpurpose of thinning cottonplants to save 0 opping.-

The attachm hills in the nature of a fender, and comprises a disk which is carried by the cultivator and rolls over the ground a jacent the cultivator-shovel. The disk has openin s through which soil is thrown on the plants y the shovel when the openings are 0 posite the latter. .When the solid portions of the disk are op osite the shovel, the soil is prevented from'- eing thrown on the plants, whereby gaps are formed in the rows of plants, and they are left in stands. Means are also provided for varying the area of .the openings in the disk-to regulate the distance between the stands.

In the accompanyin drawings, Fi re Us a side elevation of a. on tivator provi ed with .the attachment, onl so much of the cultivator being illustrate as will-suffice to show the connection of the attachment therewith. Fig. 2 is an elevation taken from the opposite side to thatofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referrin specifically to the drawings, 10 denotes a isk which is mounted on an axle 11, carried by a forked beam 12. The disk 10 has openings 23 and also carries slides 24,

' adapted to be swung over said openings to reduce thearea thereof. The front end of the beam 12 extends between the forked rear end 13 of a beam 14, being pivotally secured thereto, as at 15. The beam 14 is secured to the cultivator-beam 16 by a hanger 17 or.

other suitable means.

To the rear end of the beam 14 ayokeshaped frame 18 is secured, the top of which frame has a hole through which a pin or bolt 19, rising from the front end of the beam 12, extends. A'spring 20 is coiled around the pin l9-between the beam 12 and the top of the frame 18. The objectof the pivotalconnection between the beams 12 and 14 is to- -allow the disk 10 to adapt itself to variations of the ound. The spring 20 serves to hold the dis to the ground with sufficient firmnose to insure continuous rotation by reason of its frictional contact with the ground,

I Y which is essential to the successful operation ,ortionj of the in .19;

of the device. That which extends above t e frame 18 is t eadof the beam 12. Y

- ed to receive 'anut 21 for regulating the ten- At 25 is indicated a solid disk which is.

mounted and supported in the-same manner as the disk 10 on the opposite side of the beam 16. The-two disks are' ositioned directl 'op osite each other, wit the cultivator-s ove 26.therebetween.

In'use the cultivator'is driven alon the rows of plants in the ordinary manner. ach time the openings 23 are opposite the culti vator-shovel soil is thrown on the plants, andwhen the solid portions of the disk are opposite theshovel' t e soil is prevented from being thrown on the plants, so that gaps are formed in the rows of plants, and they are left in stands. By varying the. area of the openings the distance between the stands is readily regulated. The solid disk 25 holds the soil and assists to force it through the o ening's in the disk 10. By thinning the p ants as herein described the amount of chopping required is greatly reduced. claim y .1. The combination with a cultivatorshovel, of .an intermittently-operating movable fender beside the same-having openings which by the movement of the fender are intermittently presented opposite the shovel.

2. The combination with a cultivatorshovel, of an intermittently-operatin fender beside the shovel having openings, an means for intermittently presenting said openings opposite the shovel.

3. The combination with a cultivatorshovel, of a fender beside the shovel having openings, means for intermittently presenting said openings opposite the shovel, and means to vary the area of said openings.

4. The combination with a cultivatorshovel, of fenders on opposite sides of the shovel, one of said fenders having openings, and means for intermittently presenting said openings 0 posite the shovel to permit throw of earth t erefrom. 5. The combination with a cultivatorshovel, of arolling disk bes' he the shovel havmg openings which by the movement of the ifall ie shovel to Epflflflit throvii of earth thei'e- I Iii testimony whereof I have signed my Y 0111. 1 y g, v

6. The combination with a cultivatortwo subscribing witnesses. shovel, of a-rdlling disk 'beside the shovel hav- 5 il g'openings which by the movement .of the. TILLIAMV THOMAS TEET'ER' d sk are intermittently presented ofposite Witriesses:

the shofvel, and slides carried by the isk for F. K. POPPLEWELL, vii'ying'the area of iihe' )pe1 1i1 1gs v i W. O. LOCKE- name to this specification in the presence of IO 

